Carolyn B. Maloney: “Her years of community leadership serve as a model for future generations.”

It is a vital philanthropic organization concerned with education, the health and well-being of students from the United States and Cyprus, and the liberation of Cyprus from the Turkish invasion of 1974.

The restorations come at the expense of direct- graduate- medical- education funding. This means that teaching hospitals in my state will be deprived of $100 to $130 million dollars over 5 years.

While the bill's restoration of funding to skilled nursing facilities is favorable, only a band-aid, temporary remedy is provided for outpatient hospital departments.

I believe that we can do a better job at protecting our Medicare beneficiaries, providers and teaching hospitals. I urge a 'no' vote.